2003 Dobson organ at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, California

Listen to a sampling of three recent installations of American-built instruments in Switzerland, California and Nebraska. An additional recital program from Omaha’s Saint Cecilia Cathedral will be aired in November to celebrate of the Feast of Saint Cecilia, patron of musicians. And did you know that the case for the Lausanne Fisk was devised by Giorgetto Giugiaro, designer of the Maserati Bora and Volkswagen Golf and hundreds of other automobiles?

This week, we’ll reflect upon events form the past year and take a look at some projections for the future.

Stellar recitalist Cherry Rhodes demonstrates the full sonic capacity of the 2003 Dobson organ at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, CA.

…American organist Frederick Swann plays the first public recital on the unique 109-rank Glatter-Götz-Rosales organ in Los Angeles…and Samuel S. Soria offers a side trip to the nearby Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, too.

…celebratory and contemplative scores explore the energy of the springtime festival of rebirth.

…the varied art of the organ builder is alive and well throughout the world, as this week’s showcase of recent instruments demonstrates.

…continuing our Franz Liszt Bicentennial tribute with original scores and arrangements by Liszt and others that further realize the pipe organ’s promethean potential.

…contrary to common opinion, the supposedly staid old pipe organ can, when it wishes, get down and boogie.

…in anticipation of Women's Equality Day, a program to showcase women composers and organists.

…raising the roof with soulful and sonorous scores for choirs, congregations, solo singers and organs.

…whether in Michigan or New Mexico, Ely or Orleans, the music of Christmas resounds of peace and joy.

…across the centuries, women composers have shared their exceptional creativity.

…and have proven themselves exceptional performers and composers, whom we celebrate on International Women's Day during Women's History Month.

…though the pipe organ itself may seem big and ponderous, its music will have your toes tapping.

…though the pipe organ itself may seem big and ponderous, its music will have your toes tapping.